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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 25, 2024

VOL. 289 NO. 18 July 25, 2024
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Programs

Bell V-280
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Bell Expected To Find New FLRAA Fuselage Supplier After Boeing's Spirit Takeover

Jul 24, 2024
Bell is expected to look elsewhere for aerostructures work on its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the U.S. Army.
F-15QA
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Raytheon: Amraam Need Should Prompt Multiyear Procurement Approach

Jul 24, 2024
Raytheon hopes sustained, high demand for the AIM-120 Amraam both domestically and abroad will drive the U.S. government to reconsider a multiyear procurement.
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Hurjet Engine Could Be Built In Turkey

Jul 24, 2024
GE Aerospace’s F404 engine could be produced in Turkey to meet the needs of Turkish Aerospace’s Hurjet advanced jet trainer program.
KC-46A
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Boeing Still Targeting Italy For KC-46A Sale

Jul 24, 2024
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, a Boeing executive still sees an opportunity to win Italy as a customer for its KC-46A, even after Rome pulled the plug on contract talks.
wildcat helicopter
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Leonardo Hopeful Of Renewed Global Interest In AW159 Wildcat

Jul 23, 2024
Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter could be in line for a second wind in terms of orders, a company official says.
protector first flight
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UK Eyes Carrierborne Mission For Protector UAVs

Jul 22, 2024
The UK is investigating the possibility of operating its new fleet of General Atomics Protector UAS from the country’s two aircraft carriers.
A-29
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Embraer Secures Paraguay Air Force A-29 Super Tucano Deal

Jul 24, 2024
Embraer says it has secured an order for six A-29 Super Tucanos from the Paraguayan Air Force, with deliveries set to commence next year.
KF-21 engine concept
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South Korea To Firm Up Indigenous KF-21 Engine Plan This Year

Jul 24, 2024
Hanwha Aerospace says its ready to support the South Korean government when it decides how to pursue an indigenous engine program for the KF-21 fighter.
Leonardo rendering 757 testbed
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2Excel Advances 757 Technology Testbed For Tempest, GCAP

Jul 24, 2024
Aerospace engineers 2Excel have begun adding lumps and bumps to a Boeing 757 that will help test the future GCAP fighter aircraft's potential sensor suite and mission systems.
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Airbus’ Racer Achieves Speed Targets After Just Nine Flight Hours

Jul 23, 2024
The Racer—short for Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft—reached 227 kt. (407 km/hr.) in level flight on June 21.
Iron Dome
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Rafael Doubles Down On R&D Despite War Effort

Jul 24, 2024
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, CEO Yoav Tourgeman says Rafael is committed to R&D funding despite needing to ramp up production as its backlog rises.
Orchestrike
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Spear 3 Missile Will Be MBDA’s First Collaborative Orchestrike Weapon

Jul 20, 2024
Work is underway at MBDA to enable its Spear 3 missiles to work collaboratively in a strike package under its Orchestrike system.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Blue Origin Poised To Resume New Shepard Flights

Jul 24, 2024
Blue Origin says it has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital system.
Italian Typhoon at Ex. Pitch Black
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Italian Typhoon Crashes In Australia, Pilot Safe

Jul 24, 2024
An Italian Air Force Eurofighter EFA 2000 Typhoon participating in Exercise Pitch Black crashed southwest of Darwin on July 24.

Funding & Policy

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Space Force Adds New NRO Mission to NSSL Phase 2 Schedule

Jul 24, 2024
The U.S. Space Force has added another mission to the ongoing National Security Space Launch Phase 2 program.
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Michigan Funds Projects To Build AAM Infrastructure

Jul 18, 2024
The four projects will receive $6.25 million in funding in the first round of the state’s Advanced Air Mobility Activation Fund.

Business

wildcat helicopter
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Leonardo Hopeful Of Renewed Global Interest In AW159 Wildcat

Jul 23, 2024
Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter could be in line for a second wind in terms of orders, a company official says.
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Axiom Space Adds UK Astronaut Tim Peake

Jul 23, 2024
Previously a British Army Air Corps officer and test pilot, Peake is a veteran of a Russian Soyuz-launched 186-day mission to the International Space Station.